"Indispensable" • Chinese-English Dictionary
| 必要 | bì yào | necessary / essential / indispensable / required |   |
| 必需 | bì xū | to need / to require / essential / indispensable | |
| 必不可少 | bì bù kě shǎo | absolutely necessary / indispensable / essential | |
| 不可缺少 | bù kě quē shǎo | indispensable | |
| 不可少 | bù kě shǎo | indispensable / essential | |
| 死了张屠夫，不吃混毛猪 | sǐ le Zhāng tú fū , bù chī hùn máo zhū | lit. just because Zhang the butcher dies, doesn't mean we'll have to eat pork mixed with bristles (idiom) / fig. nobody is indispensable | |
